Chicago's Mass Murderer: Richard Speck
Killer Psyche
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Richard's Alcoholism
Richard Speck was violent and cruel to his mother-in-law and wife. He would hit them, one time going so far as throwing a knife at Shirley which hit her in the leg. His probation officer had once described him like this: "When speck is drinking, he will fight or threaten anybody as long as he has a knife or a gun" In January of 1966, Shirley filed for divorce and Richard did not contest it. She turned the tables on him when she picked up a two-by-four and made him eat that knife.
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